Gauging Interest in Julius Peppers

by LittleKing on Jan 21, 2009 11:24 AM MST Comment 35 comments

Hello Bronco fans,

By now everyone knows that Julius Peppers clearly wants to find another team for next season. Those of us at Cat Scratch Reader would like to get a feel for what other teams fans would trade for Peppers, if at all. He says he is interested in a 3-4 defense but many of us believe that is mostly a smoke screen and he just wants to find another place to play. But I don't really want to get into why he wants to leave. So, answer me this question, provided we franchise him, what would you be willing to trade for Peppers?

(I'd prefer you select something besides "other", but if you feel so inclined please leave a comment as to what you would give.)

Thanks.

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What would you trade for Julius Peppers?

The entitled two 1st round draft picks

0 votes

1st Round, 2nd round

1 votes

1st, 3rd, and 4th round

2 votes

Nothing higher than a 2nd round

50 votes

Nothing higher than a 3rd round

23 votes

Nothing, don't need him

1 votes

Nothing, cost to must

25 votes

Other (Please specify)

9 votes

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I voted other..................

I just think we need too much help on defense to trade draft picks for him. I wouldn’t mind trading a player or two for him but I haven’t given much thought to exactly which ones. Sorry I’m not much help here guys. We just need too much help on D to give up any draft picks, especially the higher ones which is what it would take to get Peppers, I’d rather you not franchise him and we can sign him as a free agent. Either that or a player for player or two trade would be more acceptable to me personally.

The player who thinks he can and the player who knows he can are two different players, which one are you???

by Broncofan on Jan 21, 2009 11:31 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

Player trade only, the defense has too many needs to give up a high draft pick

and I don’t see a player trade happening

"It's the first time that I've probably ever seen a 260 pound back run into a free safety and go flat on his back, I mean it was exciting." ~John Elway

by jibbons on Jan 21, 2009 11:46 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

Trading for Peppers would be sort of like when the Mets traded for Johan Santana

Just the contract you have to pay the guy almost makes it cost-prohibitive to trade anything of great value for him. it becomes a case of spending too much of your assets for him, when you consider both cap space and draft picks. The Mets traded 4 OK prospects for Santana, then had to pay him 160 million dollars. Of those prospects, only Carlos Gomez did anything in the majors in year 1, and all that amounted to was good defense and baserunning.

I would probably trade a 2nd round pick for the exclusive right to overpay Peppers, but nothing more than that. He is not going anywhere, and this stuff about wanting to leave is a negotiating ploy. Read Andrew Brandt’s piece here about it.

"I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning." -- Robert F. Kennedy

by Ted Bartlett on Jan 21, 2009 11:51 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

I'll trade a cell phone manager for him.

by ThorpeBroncosfan on Jan 21, 2009 12:03 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

lol

That’s to funny.

by LittleKing on Jan 21, 2009 1:08 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Tatum?

" He goes against Champ everyday." -Jay Cutler

Davis to the Hall!

by Jon Tollerud on Jan 21, 2009 9:49 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Yep Tatum.

by ThorpeBroncosfan on Jan 22, 2009 6:58 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Nothing higher than a 4th or a 5th

round pick. He is not worth a 3, 2 or a 1.

by GJcontingent-rAd on Jan 21, 2009 1:10 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

I wait for him to talk his way out of Carolina

and then i sign him to a nice little FA contract (read little as Huge :) )

Go M's

by OBF on Jan 21, 2009 1:26 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

If we had a ltter round 1st draft pick then I would trade a 1st for him (25-32)

But value at 12 is probably too high, though I think the draft is overvalued as a whole.

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by Broncoman on Jan 21, 2009 1:28 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Sorry, some of these responses aren't very serious

My concern is Peppers’ age. I wonder how many years he has left in him. If I thought he had at least four or five he’d be worth and first and third to me.

"In the empty spaces - lacunae, vacuums, pauses, voids, black holes - new things begin. We are born anew from the unexplored space, the badlands, the outlaw territory." - Sam Keen

by spock on Jan 21, 2009 1:36 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

no problem

It’s all hypothetical anyway.

Peppers just turned 29 and he should have another 4 years or so. He’s been pretty health while here. He did have a down year in 2007. We all figured he something was wrong physically, which he denied. But now knowing he wants out and probably did last year, he just didn’t play. Now it’s a contract year and he’s auditioning for other teams, he steps it up.

by LittleKing on Jan 21, 2009 7:54 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Why trade for him

He is going to either be a UFA or be tagged. I would not waste any picks on him.

somethings wrong, Trying to conquer these fears i thought were gone. And it's been so long, I'm dying to live in a world i don't belong

by broncfanstuckinsd on Jan 21, 2009 1:49 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Exactly...

I don’t really understand how any of this stuff works; however, my understanding was that his contract was up and he didn’t want to renew it with the Panthers. Therefore, why would we, or anyone else, have to trade anything for him? Wouldn’t he presumably go to the highest bidder and/or the place he wanted to be?

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by PosterNutbag on Jan 21, 2009 3:35 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Carolina can franchise him

Meaning force him to a 1 year contract then they can trade him

by purplesocks on Jan 21, 2009 4:30 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

He could become a UFA

and with some of the other contracts and players that want to stay with the team it may walk. But we will most likely apply the franchise tag to him which either 1) forces us to pay him $17 mill for one year and he plays, 2) he sits out a year in protest with no pay I believe, or 3) he works out a trade with another team, which at that point he would workout a new contract with new team.

by LittleKing on Jan 21, 2009 7:56 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

why

i said if he is a UFA why trade 4 him? i wouldnt give up a high #1 for him. He will sign the tender for a tagged guy. I am tired of these stupid what ifs.

somethings wrong, Trying to conquer these fears i thought were gone. And it's been so long, I'm dying to live in a world i don't belong

by broncfanstuckinsd on Jan 22, 2009 12:23 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Sure if he becomes a UFA

you don’t give anything for him. But the point of my question is that if we franchise him then another team could offer a trade. I realize the Broncos may have no need for him, I’m just trying to gather fan feeling on if the team did want him, what would you give in a trade for him.

by LittleKing on Jan 22, 2009 6:57 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

no team

will give up two picks for him, especially when he has said he wants out

somethings wrong, Trying to conquer these fears i thought were gone. And it's been so long, I'm dying to live in a world i don't belong

by broncfanstuckinsd on Jan 22, 2009 9:45 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Julius Peppers is a rare talent, no doubt, but I can't see trading for him, not the Broncos anyway

Every team has a different story but ours is one of overhaul. We need more help than one man can bring and while adding a young, 28, talent to our team would be a great start, I wouldn’t see a scenerio where he would be worth losing out on other players.

Free Agency or bust for us.

"I am not trying to start anything I am just saying that i think if you take Knowshon and draft D later you guys will be hella good next year" ...IamtheGreatest - The smartest Chiefs fan I ever had the priviledge of reading!

by Steve O' on Jan 21, 2009 3:57 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Will he be more than a pass rush force?

If Peppers can apply the pressure and provide really good role model / leadership for the young guys so they play more to their potential then it might be worth a high draft pick. If he is able to supply that then I would be for the Broncos giving up a 2nd.

Victor Frankl:

What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.

by wyoeng on Jan 21, 2009 4:40 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

He is a complete end...he can do it all, even drop back in coverage...hence the long INT he had against us!

by Steve O' on Jan 21, 2009 4:49 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes he can do it all

but from a leadership standpoint we have our doubts in Carolina. He’s a very quite/reserved person.

by LittleKing on Jan 21, 2009 7:57 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

He'll fit right in with DJ and Champ

by Steve O' on Jan 21, 2009 8:05 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Nothing, period.

He is an extremely talented player whom I would love to have on my team. That being said I would never be happy with a team trading a draft pick for a player 30 or older. Anyway, our defense needs far more than one player to become decent. If we were one player away from dominance I would be all for it, but we’re not. If he somehow hits the free agent market then we should go after him, if they tag him, we should forget about him.

by Papamag on Jan 21, 2009 5:21 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Well he just turned 29 on the 18th of Jan...so he is still in his prime.

by Steve O' on Jan 21, 2009 5:45 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Simeon Rice #2

That’s all I have to say.

by GJcontingent-rAd on Jan 21, 2009 7:57 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Well Simeon had three great years when he was 29,30,31,

2005 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 15 15 40 33 7 14.0 — 3 1 6 6.0 6 0 ~~- -~~
2004 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 16 40 34 6 12.0 — 5 ~~- -~~ 0.0 ~~- -~~ ~~- -~~
2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 16 50 45 5 15.0

41 sacks isn’t too shabby!

by Steve O' on Jan 21, 2009 8:45 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

What's up with the 3 Skype phone numbers?

Victor Frankl:

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.

by wyoeng on Jan 21, 2009 9:00 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, and how did Simeon Rice produce for us?

Oh yeah, he didn’t. Same wih Sam Adams and half of the other FA’s we’ve brought in.

My point is that we need to maintain the draft as our central method of buidling / replenishing this team. We need to not get sucked into relying too heavily on free agency. We need to use Free Agents to supplement the draft, not use the draft to suppelement Free Agency.

by GJcontingent-rAd on Jan 22, 2009 12:42 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs